Nepalgunj, Oct 6 (RSS):  Six people were killed and 17 other injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and truck here this morning. 

The microbus (Ra 1 Kha 1662) coming to Nepalgunj from Tulsipur of Dang and the truck (Lu 1 Kha 7729) en route to Dang from Nepalgunj collided near Muguwa stream of Rapti Sonari rural municipality-9 at around 9:15 am, killing the four on the spot while two died in course of treatment at the Kohalpur Teaching Hospital, Area Police Office, Kohalpur in-charge Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ramesh Bahadur Singh said.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the same hospital. Identities of the dead have not been ascertained.